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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1907
Page
4
Classified notice notes second class matter entry date August 26 1903 at Marlboro Mass Post Office under March 3 1879 act. Subscriptions priced 1 year 1 includes postage in advance three months 25 and 50 cents six months 50 cents single copies three cents.
In Cleveland's first term Mark Twain recalls a pocket note from Mrs Cleveland warning him before a White House reception. The note amused Twain and reflected Livy Cleveland's gentle humor, shaping an anecdote about a formal meeting and a quiet joke.
Excerpt from Mark Twain Autobiography quoted in North American Review shows Mrs. Cleveland signing a note with alert to avoid arrest. Separate report covers Senator Bailey defending himself before a legislative committee over charges by Representative Cocke alleging a $37,000 loan from J. D. Suggs.
The president submitted a new Santo Domingo revenue treaty to the senate. The agreement concerns only revenue collection and will be referred to the foreign relations committee with an aim to report before Congress adjourns.
An account from World Today recounts a German private during maneuvers being berated by a captain for a missed courier message. The captain threatened violence with a dagger and imposed escalating confinement until the private served fourteen days, later released when the error was found.
Rupert Hughes in the Broadway Magazine details a Texas oil well event dubbed a birth of a gasser. The scene describes a geysering well, panicked onlookers, and freighted noise as derricks and cable lines explode skyward amid oily chaos. Also notes immigration politics and Castro’s surgery news from Washington.
The brief exchange features Tommy and his mother in a domestic joke about crossing lines at table time. Tommy explains his mother only calls for the doctor after he has truly had enough, reflecting humorous family banter of the era.
A compact reflection notes that knowing the timing of events matters when facts are scarce, suggesting caution in drawing conclusions. The idea contrasts certainty with doubt, attributing a German scholar’s sentiment to the pursuit of knowledge amid incomplete information.
In town Thursday Beswith was the guest of friends. John W Raymond gave a sleighride to Lexington Monday evening for several local youngsters. Mrs George B Arnold recently ill on Bedford Street was moved to the hospital Sunday.
Miss Isabel N Morrison died in Brookline last Saturday after weeks of illness. Born in Scotland she came to the United States about 17 years ago and served as devoted house companion to Mrs John Brown of this town. Quiet and cheerful she fulfilled her duties with high ideals and helped where able. Her faith never wavered and those who knew her mourn the loss of a brave, loving life.
Hawthorne chapter postpones the production of A Spoiled Darling due to sickness. Salisbury’s moving pictures show Friday evening in Association hall under Cord lodge auspices with a changed program. The Woman’s Club presents an open lecture at Union church Friday evening by Ellery H. Clark on the Work of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, illustrated by stereopticon.
A beauty adviser promotes a simple infusion method for tender eyes. The piece suggests avoiding excessive consultation with many specialists and emphasizes personal care over expert advice.
A fragmentary account recalls Laurence Sterne dying alone in a London lodging while a servant and footman heard him murmur a final phrase. Friends gathered at his tomb as his body was moved to Cambridge for dissection, with a somber mood surrounding his last days.
A letter quotes C R B Edwards of Edwards & Broughton Raleigh and Mayor W W Carroll of Monticello Florida praising Devoe paints. It notes past projects with Devoe, prior use of other brands, and testimonials on coverage and whiteness.
A Manchester Courier reader recounts an 40 year old boating outing in which a sea monster was sighted near a seagull shoot and identified as a large angel shark. Two shots to the head and two to the belly ended its life after the creature surfaced and later sank.
The Concord Dramatic Club presented The Magistrate a three act farce to a full town hall audience. New faces joined veterans as Allen French led the entertainment with Henry D. Coolidge directing and Elizabeth Wheeler promoting. The cast included F Alcott Pratt, Samuel Hs Turtle Col Lukyn, Robert E. Goodwin, George F. Root, R D Willard, Milton C. Bean, and many others with Mrs H H Braley and Miss Olive Gage among the principals. An orchestra provided music before and between acts.
The Concord high school held its annual dance in the town hall on Friday night under the class of 07. Decorations included bunting and potted plants. About 50 couples joined the grand march led by Principal Wells A. Hall and Mrs. Hall with class officers and mistresses assisting.
A special meeting of the Corporation of the Middlesex Institution for Savings will be held in the Banking Rooms on Friday February 15 1907 at 345 p m for the purpose of repealing altering or amending any or all of the by laws. Herbert W Hosmer Clerk Concord Mass February 11 1907.
Classified items advertise a two horse spring wagon, a first class local representative for Massachusetts Insurance Company, a room to rent with telephone, a block of Concord bonds, framing services, a seven room monument street cottage, and a Franklin store. Contacts include John Hagerty, P O Box 2834 Boston, Vanderveer near Post Office, BE Garfield Jr., and BE Garfield Jr. Concord Mass.
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